Annual Meeting of the European Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation 2014

We are confronted with new and exciting challenges such as new genome technologies, integration of targeted therapies into transplant strategy, the emerging role of cell therapies, the choice of donor. These and many other scientific issues will be included in the Scientific Programme that will integrate top-level science, high technology, and clinical excellence; we also want to be close to the clinical needs of Centers. The EBMT Nurses Group will celebrate its 30th anniversary with a program that will focus on the latest developments in patient care. Most of all, we consider transplant not as a stand-alone procedure, but as a part of a complex therapeutic program, that needs contribution from different specialists and different professional expertise. In this regard, EBMT is a unique society, in that it includes physicians, nurses, allied health professionals, data managers, quality managers and now processing laboratory personnel. Several initiatives are planned to bring together nurses, physicians and other healthcare professionals who share the complex care of the transplant patient.